The Blairgowrie blueberry bushes are laden with fruit but where are the pickers? | Charlie McCarthy @charliemac2204.bsky.social

Your day just got better! Here’s red panda Little Mebo just doin’ what she loves to do – munch on bamboo!

Seems like a good plan

There he goes again

I compiled a database of incidents across Europe as part of my reporting. It's far from comprehensive - it's just a sample really of some of the incidents that have been attributed with most confidence as being part of a Russian hybrid war. You can explore it here: www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...

The home of the O'Donovan family is being used as a polling station in Coolmoyne, Co Tipperary. Around 250 people are eligible to vote at the house and after they cast their ballot, they will be treated to a cup of tea, a slice of apple or rhubarb tart, or a scone | More: rte.ie/b/1540324

Tackling climate change requires long-term commitment to action, yet an array of influential parties with vested interests stand opposed to this. How best to engage and balance these positions for positive change is of increasing concern for advocates and policy makers.

El historiador @mark-bray.bsky.social, profesor universitario, experto en antifascismo y autor de 'Antifa. El manual antifascista', ha tenido que exiliarse de EEUU y refugiarse en España tras ser señalado por el movimiento de Charlie Kirk y haber sufrido amenazas de muerte contra él y su familia.

"..a government, vested with such extensive and indefinite authority, .. restricted by a declaration of rights?..I cannot help suspecting that persons who attempt to persuade people that such reservations were less necessary under this Constitution .. are wilfully endeavouring to deceive, ." Anon

The genocide state refuses to release Dr Abu Safiya. He became an icon of Palestinian bravery when he was abducted, walking through the rubble towards an Israeli tank. He is a civilian and is being held without charge. #FreePalestine palestinewillbefree.substack.com/p/the-infuri...

Every word he says here is a lie. Every. Single. Word. He’s living in an alternate reality. #25thAmendment.

For me, Connolly isn't the ideal candidate, but she's a *thousand* times better than Humphreys. Yes, Connolly does sometimes get it wrong. But she's genuine, passionate, empathetic, and highly intelligent. I wouldn't use any of those descriptors for Humphreys.

How did an anti islamic biker gang end up running security at GHF aid sites in Gaza

Worth a visit in the Autumn

A fairy crescent

Like a canary in coal mine…

Autumn

Reyezuelo listado Estreliña riscada Common firescrest Vuurgoudhaan ( Regulus ignicapilla ) Monte de Vilaboa . Lugo #birds 🪶 #aves #nature #naturaleza #BirdOfTheDay #Galicia

"Deported" is a very interesting way to say kidnapped, imprisoned illegally, abused, then released. 🤔

but only for Christmas

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy: www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

For anyone anywhere who doubts what a riot looks like in Portland Or. this is by far the biggest I have ever seen but I would guess that that they are what counts as a group of radical activists in this lovely city. "For when threatened with emeutes Ta-ran, ta-ran, ta-ran, ta-ran!” G&S are you about

Update on Boomertifa from the war zone.

The protest is reported as being 5 to 50 sometimes 'energised' protestors carrying flowers but otherwise in loungers on the sidewalk. Protest in Portland is often a Gilbert and Sullivan affair. The problem is rather that they are generally nice people who name their chickens.

🔴How Western Media Whitewashed Israel’s Mass-Abduction of Activists Over 450 members of the aid flotilla to Gaza are now being held by Israel in an “anti-terror” prison in the Negev desert, reports @mathildamall.bsky.social bylinetimes.com/2025/10/04/h...

"The cumulative impacts of plastics are growing. Plastic is made of petrochemicals, and petrochemical companies are increasing their plastic outputs to make up for lower sales of oil and gas. Plastic production is projected to double or even triple by 2050, despite...the hazards."

Juan has recently been released. Without charge. He was detained, all day in a cell, simply for standing at a protest. Thank you everyone for your overwhelming support and thank you to my senators for your support. I will post more tomorrow but need to be with family tonight 🙏

Anna Rose Whitney seems to have loved this year's weather, great budding and healthy foliage. It can be a problem in our damp climate in some years.

⚡️ Russian attacks kill 5, injure 51 in Ukraine over past day. Russia launched 49 Shahed-type attack drones and decoy drones against Ukraine overnight, as well as four Iskander-M or KN-23 ballistic missiles, the Air Force reported.

Led's and Spotlights around buildings damage a bat's ability to source its prey.

Near Portland

Until the Thatcher years it was considered correct to freely disseminate research to allow for comment and critique. The 'market' led approach to research and indeed education has been an ongoing disaster. More than forty years of damage to essential elements of a well balanced society. Enough.

“….female master of ceremonies employed to inject some life into the crowd at the 1st tee was recorded using a megaphone to lead a chant of “Fuck you Rory!” “ Welcome to someone’s definition of what GREAT looks like.…… Very ‘Roy of the Rovers plays in totalitarianland

Beautiful